Morgan, Brian M (morgan16@marshall.edu)
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 16:53:02 -0500
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 16:53:02 -0500 From: "Morgan, Brian M" <morgan16@marshall.edu> Subject: RE: [ifets] Web-based Curriculum Development
Nicki,
I don't know if this is the route you are wanting to take, but at
Marshall University, we use a product called WebCT. We evaluated and
hands-on tested several course development and deployment tools and
decided that WebCT was the right choice for us. It had a wonderful tool
set included (online chat, bulletin boards, private mail, whiteboard,
online quizzes and autograding, student personal homepages, student
tracking, and much more!).
A little bit about WebCT, and of course, my sales pitch (with a little
help from the developers)....
WebCT is a tool that facilitates the creation of sophisticated World
Wide Web-based educational environments by non-technical users. It can
be used to create entire on-line courses, or to simply publish materials
that supplement existing courses.
WebCT not only produces courses for the WWW, but also uses WWW browsers
as the interface for the course-building environment. Aside from
facilitating the organization of course material on the web, WebCT also
provides a wide variety of tools and features that can be added to a
course. Examples of tools include a conferencing system, on-line chat,
student progress tracking, group project organization, student
self-evaluation, grade maintenance and distribution, access control,
navigation tools, auto-marked quizzes, electronic mail, automatic index
generation, course calendar, student homepages, course content searches
and much more.
WebCT is an easy-to-use environment for creating sophisticated WWW-based
courses that are otherwise beyond the ability of the non computer
programmer.
We have over 300 courses that take advantage of WebCT as a totally
online course delivery tool or as a means for placing supplemental
material online.
Thanks,
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Brian M. Morgan
Interim Director, Center for Instructional Technology
Marshall University
Huntington, WV 25755
(304) 696-6469
morgan16@marshall.edu
http://multimedia.marshall.edu/
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-----Original Message-----
From: NRjunk@aol.com [mailto:NRjunk@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 1999 9:48 AM
To: ifets@gmd.de
Subject: [ifets] Web-based Curriculum Development
Hello.
I am interested in hearing from anyone that is familiar with a
user-friendly,
web-based curriculum development tool. We are searching for a tool that
will
allow the average teacher to develop quality student lessons and
classroom
projects that incorporate Internet resources. ZEBU, created by MC^2
appears
to be a solution. If you have any knowledge of this product or others,
I
would love to hear from you.
Thanks,
Nicki Junkins
Director of Curriculum
Volusia County Schools
Daytona Beach, FL
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